Institute
By Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni
Abuja, Dec. 20, 2018 (NAN) Abdulmumin Jibrin, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Land Transport has said that the Transportation sector will experience more growth with the emergence of professionals from the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT).
Jibrin made this known in Abuja during oversight visit of the committee to the NITT Zonal Outreach Learning Centre in Abuja.
He said that the opening of NITT learning centers across the six political zones would bring in more professionals and competent people that will contribute to the growth of the transport sector.
“Transport is at the heart of logistics, you cannot talk about the economy without transport.
“ Every aspect of the economy, transport is the foundation.
“ Again, we have limited knowledge because essentially we just look at it like commerce so we need deeper knowledge of the technologies.
“The modules, the operations, the technical aspects and lots of other related issues that are related.
“ I believe that having these centers now opened, we would be able to bring out more professionals and competent people that are going to contribute to the transport sector of the economy,’’ Jibrin said.
Commending the progress of work on the building of the NITT learning center, Jibrin pledged the support of the house of representatives to ensure its completion.
Jibrin said that one of the major projects going on now in the transport institute was the construction is the study centers across the six political zones
He said that the committee will visit all centers to see the progress of work, and if there are challenges especially of funding, ensure adequate budgetary provision to speed up their completion.
“We are in the budget season and we can give them a push so that they can be able to complete the whole of this project and we can get the schools running,’’ Jibrin said.
Also speaking, Dr Abimbola Odumosu, Director General, NITT said that the visit of the Committee members demonstrates the commitment of the legislators to the development of the transport sector.
Odumosu said that the NITT has contributed significantly towards addressing the problems confronting the transport sector by providing the required training and professional manpower to run the industry.
He explained that the Main Campus of the Institute was in Zaria with outreach learning centers across the six political zones would enable Nigerian have access to learning.
“We are a training institution and our main focus is training on knowledge, skill and competence in transportation and logistics.
“When government found out that there was a gap in the expertise in transportation and logistics, that was what necessitated the establishment of the NITT.
“As a research institute, we still do sustainable research. The last one we did under the Federal Ministry of Transportation was on National Transport Survey Projections.
“We have another sustainable research we are doing now on how to use railway and logistics as a tool for poverty reduction and employment generation.
“The report which is being guided by the ministry of transportation is going to be ready by January,’’ Odumosu said.
Odumosu said that the institution was affiliated with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria which gives certificates to its graduates.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NITT outreach center in Abuja is already at 82 per cent completion stage and is expected to commence full operation in 2019. (NAN)
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Edited by Maharazu Ahmed